328 INDEX. 



nervous system, and are all poisonous in a moderate dose, 172. 

 Theory of their action ; they take a share in the transformation or 

 production of nervous matter, for which they are adapted by their 

 composition, 173-179. Action of caustic alkalies on bile, or cho- 

 leic acid, 127. 



ALLANTOINE. Is found in the urine of the fetal calf. How derived 

 from proteine. How related to uric acid and urea, 134. How re- 

 lated to choleic acid, 141. Its composition, 309. 



ALLEN and PEPVS. Their calculation of the amount of inspired 

 oxygen, 271. 



ALLOXAN. Formed by the oxidation of uric acid, 129. Converted by 

 oxidation into oxalic acid and urea, oxaluric and parabanic acids, 

 or carbonic acid and urea, 131. How related to taurine, 148. 

 Seems to act as a diuretic, 149. Recommended for experiment in 

 hepatic diseases, ib. (note.) 



ALMONDS, BITTER. Oil of. Its composition ; how related to benzoic 

 acid, 268. 



AMMONIA.. Combined with uric acid it forms the urine of serpents, 

 birds, &c., 53. Its relation to choleic, choloidic, and cholic acids, 

 128. Is one of the products which may be formed by the oxidation 

 of blood, 133; or of proteine, 145. Its relation to uric acid, urea, 

 and taurine, 147. To allantoine and taurine, 148. To alloxan and 

 taurine, 148. To choleic and choloidic acid and taurine, 150. To 

 urea, water, and carbonic acid, 151. Is found in combination with 

 acids in the urine of the carnivora, 155. 



ANALYSIS. Of dry blood, 271, 304. Of dried flesh, 304. Of faeces, 

 273. Of black bread, ib. Of potatoes, ib. Of peas, ib. Of beans, 

 ib. Of lentils, ib. Of fresh meat, ib. Of moist bread, ib. Of 

 moist potatoes, ib. Of the fibrine and albumen of blood, 282, 300, 

 301. Of vegetable fibrine and albumen, vegetable caseine and 

 gluten, 2JJ3, 284. Of animal caseine, 284. Of starch, 285, 286. 

 Of grape or starch sugar, ib. Of sugar of milk, 287. Of gum, ib. 

 Of oats, ib. Of hay, 288. Of fat, 289. Of cane-sugar, ib. Of 

 cholesterine, ib. Of wax, 296. Of cyanic acid, cyanuric acid, and 

 cyamelide, 297. Of aldehyde, metaldehyde, and elaldehyde, ib. 

 Of proteine, ib. Of albumen from the yolk and white of egg, 298. 

 Of lactic acid, ib. Of gas from the stomach of cows after eating 

 to excess, 299. Of gas from stomach and intestines of executed 

 criminals, ib. Of gelatinous tissues, 301 . Of tissues containing 

 chondrine, 302. Of arterial membrane, ib. Of horny tissues, ib. 

 Of the lining membrane of the egg, 303. Of feathers, ib. Of the 

 pigmentum nigrum, ib. Of choleic acid, 305. Of taurine, ib. Of 



